Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Arcidae > Genus Bentharca

Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bentharca*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Arca (Barbatia) pteroessa*	E. A. Smith, 1885	synonym
*Arca (Cucullaria) endemica*	Dall, 1908	synonym
*Arca endemica*	Dall, 1908	synonym
*Arca profundicola*	A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885	synonym
*Arca pteroessa*	E. A. Smith, 1885	synonym
*Macrodon asperula*	Dall, 1881	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ワダツミフネガイ

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138801